Three VU-professors awarded Highly Cited Researcher 2020

26 November 2020

Each year, Clarivate identifies the world’s most influential researchers ─ the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. In 2020, fewer than 6,200, or about 0.1%, of the world's researchers, in 21 research fields and across multiple fields, have earned this exclusive distinction.

Clinical Psychology professors Heleen Riper and Pim Cuijpers and Clinical Child & Family Studies professor Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg are amongst the most frequently cited by their peers this year. Their exceptional research influence, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science. Quote Heleen and Pim: “We are very happy that our work is recognized by our international fellow researchers both within the domains of psychology/psychiatry and the cross-borders of these such as computer science, AI, health economics and implementation.”

Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg
Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg is a professor and researcher in attachment and emotion regulation in parents and their children, with special emphasis on neurobiological processes in parenting and development. Her academic interests include the interplay between nature and nurture, exploring and testing the ‘differential susceptibility’ model, hormonal correlates of parenting, and interventions.

Heleen Riper
Heleen Riper is a professor and researcher in e-mental health at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, at GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam and at the University of Southern Denmark. She's considered globally to be one of the pioneers of the development and evaluation of e-health for mental disorders.

Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions at the Vrije Universiteit. Pim Cuijpers is specialised in conducting randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses on prevention and psychological treatments of common mental disorders. He is on the list of highly cited researchers since the first edition in 2014.

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